STRIKER Michael Proctor says Wrexham are beginning to show the character they will need if they are to climb away from the League Two relegation zone.

Tuesday night’s 2-2 draw at Morecambe extended the Dragons’ unbeaten run to three matches and Proctor, whose second-half penalty earned his side a share of the spoils, claimed the players had battled against the odds at Christie Park.

“We were under the cosh for long spells of the game and it was the type of game that a few weeks ago we probably would have lost,” he said yesterday.

“We didn’t play well as a team. But everyone showed a great deal of determination to take a point and we can be pleased about that.

“We all know that we can do better, but on the other hand we have played better in other games this season only to end up on the losing side. Maybe the character we displayed earned us a rub of the green on the night and we were happy enough to settle for a point.”

Proctor, who got his name on the score sheet for the first time since October, accepted responsibility for what was Wrexham’s second penalty of the game, the first having been converted by Danny Sonner before he was withdrawn from the action at half time.

And he added: “It wasn’t something we had discussed before the match so Danny took the first kick and put it away well.

“It just so happened I was first to the ball when the second penalty was awarded and once I’d picked it up there was no way I was going to let it go. I haven’t scored for a while, but I was always confident I would put it into the back of the net and I was delighted to see it go in.”

Looking ahead to the visit tomorrow of promotion-chasing Darlington, the striker said Wrexham could not afford to look at the league table.

“We just have to take each game as it comes at the moment and try to build on the last three results which have the makings of a little run,” he added.

“We want to try and carry that on and while people will say we have a tough game against Darlington, they are all tough for us now.

“There is pressure on us to get something every time we go out on the pitch, but we now have a group of very experienced players available, so we feel we are capable of doing just that.”

Darlington, who last week signed former Racecourse defender Ryan Valentine to a second spell with the club, have this week recruited strikers Kevin Gall and Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu from Carlisle United and Gillingham respectively and manager Dave Penney has also brought in Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper Przemyslaw Lazimierczak on loan.

But Wrexham boss Brian Little has called time on his hectic transfer window activity. He said: “We have done a lot of work over the past couple of weeks and it’s all quiet today. I am not anticipating anything else to happen.

“I won’t do any deals just for the sake of it and, in terms of my own players, I would be foolish to let any of them go without being in a position to replace them.

“So I would really be surprised if anything was to come up between now and the end of the day.”